The only way one truly learns to respect other entrepreneurs is not by seeing their success or fame, but by trying to be an entrepreneur oneself.
That’s when one begins to respect every entrepreneur, regardless of their success.
Hear me out. If you require alcohol to make conversations between friends interesting, it's not the alcohol that's working it's magic, it's your friendship that's monotonous and boring and conversations that are cliched and stalemate, and you need more interesting friends so that you don't go around falsely glorifying alcohol as some essential intervention.